Roofers Hawick

Hawick is the largest town in the Scottish Borders, built on the back of the knitwear and tweed trade, and its housing tells that story. Much of the town is dense Victorian stone terraces, originally raised for mill workers, roofed in natural slate that has been weathering the Teviot valley for well over a century. Those roofs last remarkably well, but individual slates slip, ridge mortar crumbles, and the lead in the valleys between terraces eventually needs renewing.

The valley setting is the defining factor. Hawick sits in a tight gap where the Slitrig meets the Teviot, and wind funnels down it in a way that drives rain into joints and flashings a sheltered roof would never expose. We do a lot of roof repairs here on weather-driven damage, and plenty of full re-roofs where an old slate covering has finally reached the end of its life. The town's history of storms and flooding means roofs here take a harder beating than most in the region.

Beyond the town, Teviotdale and Liddesdale run south toward the border, with hill farms, cottages and estate buildings down single-track roads. Finding a roofer willing to travel this far south is not always easy, with many firms reluctant to come. We treat it as core coverage and bring the same standard of work we are known for across the Lothians, including flat roofing on the garages and outbuildings that go with rural properties.